Develop Bugs

Overquoting

Is it me or a lot of people are absolutely clueless that it is rude to quote an entire post (possibly with pictures) consisting from hundreds of lines of text and reply with a smile or a few words? Shouldn't this be against the rules? It is on other forums.
This makes some topics completely unreadable.

mikechannon said:
My pet hate is the post that says "trying it now". Can't they wait a short while and post once they have tried it?? However, unless the member is a serial offender, I would not be making a big deal about it.
Mike
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Whilst I do occasionally say "Trying it now" I then update that post after I have tested whatever it is... My personal hate regarding this is the "It looks nice" type statement when the person isn't even going to bother trying it! Especially when they quote a ridiculous string of text!!!
Would it be possible to alter the way quotes behave such that they do not include images? Quotes currently do not include quotes (you can't quote a quote) so could this be done with the
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Well... It's an annoyance, and pages load quite slowly when someones quoted a lot of images...

I wouldn't say it's common...but when a reply happens (like to the 1st post of a cooks new rom with 15 screen pics), then it's a real pain!

Help the Moderators to help you!

This is just a small plea to those of you who help the Moderators by reporting posts using the red triangle.
There are two situations where it would be useful if you give us just a little more information:
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If you report a post saying "this thread is posted in the wrong forum", then it would be useful to suggest a better forum to move it to.
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If you report a thread saying "there is already a thread on this topic" then it would be useful to have a link to the other thread.
I know some members do this already, but it really does save a lot of time for tyhe Moderators, if they do not have to search around forums with which they may not be familiar. It may help to know that many Moderators will deal with such issues, even if they do not know much about that specific device or the forums in question - we will not be annoyed in any way, if you suggest where things can be moved to or merged etc.
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Ok, got it Mike

Kk, Thanks Mike
Edit: Typo "Time for tyhe Moderators"
PS, if that guy got a HTC phone, he could check his comments on the go !!!

Sounds like a plan!

Thanks guys.... I may even consider a Group Hug
​Mike​

LOL ! at the pic mike!
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Hello guys and gals! I’m honored to have been appointed Moderator of the General Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking forum.
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Congratulations:good: . I appreciate your work Teejay3800.

The reason why i use xda only with adblocker

Hello,
in these days, i flashed a rom - and forgot to install an adblocker.
the aggressive advertising is a reason for me to use adblockers, and many other only visit xda with adblocker.
a friend of mine (who had not blocked the 3rd party services. at his provider, has now an abbonement, where he pays
€.4. 99 A WEEK!
look the attached Screenshot and tell me what you think. plplease, admins, end aggressive advertising - you only will have more users with adblocker.
the following Screenshot is from a visit at xda. no fake?. translate the text in english and you'll get it that that advertising makes users like me and
my friend angry. VERY ANGRY!
note: with a simple click on that page, and you have a DAMN Abonnement!
my friend has activated his lawyer to get out of the abbonement. overthink your advertising!
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that ad pop out without any warning.
USE ADBLOCKERS.

I'm sure the admins will remove this provider from the ad network soon. Thanks for the detailed description and screen shot.

the provider is "W2K Mobile" - and already tv programmes tried to stop em with reports on tv. just google "w2k abofalle" and translate the found sites... surprise...
XDA ADMINS, OVERTHINK YOUR STRATEGY.

I'm pretty sure the admins are aware and trying to deal with this but I'll raise the issue on your behalf.
Thanks.
Sent From My Fingers To Your Face.....

"One more step" BS every time I edit a post

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THIS. How do I stop this? I've scanned my network, and installed the "Privacy Pass" addon and I'm STILL getting this stupid message.

GuyInDogSuit said:
THIS. How do I stop this? I've scanned my network, and installed the "Privacy Pass" addon and I'm STILL getting this stupid message.
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There are some threads about this.
XDA is under constant attack from spammers and the like.
I believe this happens more often if you are editing long posts, try to avoid doing that.
XDA is moving to a different forum platform, soon like in a few days.
Some security measures may be relaxed after the change.
Sent from my ocean using XDA Labs

@GuyInDogSuit I know it doesn't help or will satisfy you but even I as a moderator occasionally get the captchas pending on my action. @sd_shadow explained the reasons well. And I apologise but I can't tell you how it will look like after the transition to Xenforo.

Yeah this usually happens when we try to edit very long posts. In the meantime of the transition to XenForo, a workaround to avoid captcha is to split long posts in 2 shorter posts, like explained here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/labs-t3241866/post83621087